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Twined vs Twained - What's the difference?

twined | twained |

As verbs the difference between twined and twained

is that twined is past tense of twine while twained is past tense of twain.

twined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (twine)

  • twine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) twine, twyne, twin, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (wikipedia twine) (en noun)
  • A twist; a convolution.
  • * Milton
  • Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine .
  • A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
  • The act of twining or winding round.
  • Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
  • 1965 Pickett, Wilson , Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.
  • :* The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine [...]
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) twinen, twynen, from (etyl) *.

    Verb

    (twin)
  • To weave together.
  • To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Let me twine / Mine arms about that body.
  • To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine .
  • To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
  • To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • As rivers, though they bend and twine , / Still to the sea their course incline.
  • To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
  • Many plants twine .
  • (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
  • (Chapman)
  • (obsolete) To change the direction of.
  • (Fairfax)
  • (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.
  • (Crashaw)
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    twained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (twain)

  • twain

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tweyne, tweien, twaine, from (etyl) . The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of (two), then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it's commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not "to" or "too" is meant. It could look like one of the many English words inherited from Old Norse. The modern Danish word is "tvende" (pronounced tvenne), it means both, two of a kind, etc.

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (dated) two
  • But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.
    Bring me these twain cups of wine and water, and let us drink from the one we feel more befitting of this day.
  • * 1866 , , Before Parting , lines 1-2
  • A month or twain to live on honeycomb
    Is pleasant;
  • * 1889 , , line 1
  • Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.
  • * 1900 , , Amor Profanus , lines 26-28
  • […] all too soon we twain shall tread
    The bitter pastures of the dead:
    Estranged, sad spectres of the night.
    Derived terms
    * in twain * twain cloud

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To part in twain; divide; sunder.
  • See also

    * is the pen name of the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens which means "mark two" * twin